800s

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Years: 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809

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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND TRENDS

Swedish town of Birka founded as a centre of trade on the island of Björkö in Lake Mälaren .

In 800 , Charlemagne is crowned emperor. He continues to extend the empire, conquering Barcelona in 801 and finishing his conquest of Saxony in 804 , and establishing boundaries between the western and eastern empire with Nicephorus I .

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